What does a liquidación for unjustified dismissal include?

Under the LFT it includes the 3-month constitutional indemnification (90 days of integrated wage), 20 days per year of service, and the 12-day-per-year seniority premium. On top of that you are owed prorated aguinaldo, vacation pay, and the 25% vacation premium accrued up to the separation date.

What is the salario diario integrado (SDI)?

The SDI is your daily wage plus the proportional share of aguinaldo, vacation pay and the vacation premium, and any fixed bonuses. It is the legally correct base for the 90-day indemnification and the 20-days-per-year amounts, which is why this calculator asks for it directly.

Why is the seniority premium capped?

Article 162 of the LFT caps the wage used for the prima de antigüedad at twice the general minimum wage, and floors it at the minimum wage. This calculator applies both the cap and the floor automatically using the minimum wage you enter.

Is the 20-days-per-year amount always owed?

It is owed when the worker chooses indemnification instead of reinstatement after an unjustified dismissal, as set out in Article 50. If the dismissal is justified, only accrued amounts (finiquito) are owed and the indemnification and 20-day amounts do not apply.

Is this a legally binding figure?

No. It is an estimate to help you understand the components of a liquidación. Actual amounts depend on your exact integrated wage, length of service, and the circumstances of the dismissal — consult a labor lawyer or the Profedet for a binding figure.

Mexico Liquidación Laboral Calculator

A liquidación in Mexico is the settlement owed when an employer ends an employment relationship. For an unjustified dismissal the Ley Federal del Trabajo (LFT) requires several stacked payments, and the figures are easy to underestimate because they layer constitutional indemnification, an optional-vs-reinstatement amount, a seniority premium, and accrued statutory pay on top of one another. This calculator separates each one so you can see exactly how the total is built.

How it works

For an unjustified dismissal where the worker takes indemnification rather than reinstatement, the components are:

indemnización  = SDI × 90               (Art. 48 — 3 months)
veinte días    = SDI × 20 × years        (Art. 50, fracc. II)
prima antig.   = cappedWage × 12 × years (Art. 162)
aguinaldo prop = dailyWage × 15 × (daysThisYear / 365)
vacaciones     = dailyWage × pendingVacationDays
prima vac.     = vacaciones × 0.25
total          = sum of all of the above

The SDI is the salario diario integrado — your daily wage plus the proportional shares of aguinaldo and vacation. The seniority-premium wage is capped at twice the general minimum wage and floored at the minimum wage, per Article 162.

Example and notes

Suppose your SDI is $500, your plain daily wage is $400, the minimum wage is $248.93, and you have 3 years 6 months of service. The indemnification is $500 × 90 = $45,000; the 20-days amount is $500 × 20 × 3.5 = $35,000; and the seniority premium uses the capped wage of $400 (below the $497.86 cap) for $400 × 12 × 3.5 = $16,800 — before any prorated aguinaldo and vacation.

Notes: the seniority premium under Article 162 is also owed in some voluntary separations after 15 years, but this tool models the unjustified-dismissal case. It is an estimate only and does not constitute legal advice.